The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate that John Rawls’s early religious beliefs guided the development of his later political philosophy. By first analyzing A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin & Faith, I ...

The study of international politics has undergone a profound re-consideration of disciplinary assumptions about religion since the end of the Cold War. From Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations to Peter Berger’s ...

The focus of this study was to gather the viewpoints and perspectives from secondary students currently enrolled in career and technical education (CTE). The use of a focus group and surveys were the main mediums of data ...

Moderation theory posits that inclusion in the political process will lead extremist parties to abandon violence and play by the rules of the political game. Despite voluminous literature on the subject, relatively little ...

Analysis of x-omics samples presents a significant challenge to analytical chemists. The complexity and diversity of x-omics samples make it difficult to determine or develop the right analytical approach. This dissertation ...

We apply a well-known fixed point theorem to guarantee the existence of a
positive solution and bounds for solutions for second, third, fourth, and nth order
families of boundary value problems. We begin by characterizing ...

A quasi-experimental design was conducted to examine differences in perceived self-efficacy of pre-service general education teachers towards classroom behavior management before and after instruction in functional behavior ...

The amygdala is a critical part of the limbic system with important roles in social behavior. Abnormal activity in the lateral amygdala nucleus (LA) has been implicated in several disorders, including autism spectrum ...

The music of two scenes from four revenge westerns made between 1956 and 2001 is analyzed for generic similarities possibly shared between the films. The thesis looks at how four directors and composers set similar dramatic ...

Dusty plasma is a low-temperature plasma containing dust particles varying in
size from nanometers to micrometers. Due to plasma fluxes to its surface, a dust particle will charge negatively or positively depending on the ...

In this work, both experimental and numerical methods are used to investigate several of the fundamental processes and assumptions commonly found in an earth-based radio-frequency (RF) complex plasma discharge. First the ...

Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is an endogenous metabolite of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and a putative neurotransmitter found in mammalian brain. The illicit use of GHB is a growing health care concern in the U.S. Low ...

Ever since Max Weber distinguished differences in “social esteem” between categories of people, status has been a fundamental concept in the sociological analysis of inequality. Gender is a status system that creates a ...

Research on work and family conflict began several decades ago, but is more relevant today due to the increasing number of dual-earning families and single mothers. The purpose of this study is to supplement the current ...

Virtual workplaces are presently reconfiguring old notions of organizational life. These online, computer-mediated realms are providing fresh perspectives on leadership and presenting new challenges and opportunities for ...

Blood monocytes from SLE patients display DC function, as they are able to induce the proliferation of allogeneic T cells. Furthermore, sera from SLE patients induce healthy monocytes to differentiate into DCs. This ...

In this work, we examine linear systems theory in the arbitrary time scale setting by considering Laplace transforms, stability, controllability, and realizability. In particular, we revisit the definition of the Laplace ...